What? The instructions called for a 3 1/4 inch hole saw, you say? Well yes it did, but Jon felt like that was too small and thought the 3 1/2 would be better (we'll chat more about this later).

Step 3: Reinforcements for the Crafter!Jon hates that I'm calling him a "crafter." He says he feels like he should be hot gluing doilies and punching out shapes with a Cricut. I pointed out that the fact that he even KNOWS what Cricut is means he's a "crafter". We've agreed to disagree.

Entenmann's Lemon Pound Cake. This started out as a full loaf. Crafting is hard work.

Step 7: Glue the Ear Globe On.What? The hole is too big?? How did that happen?? I followed the directions exac...oh, wait. Never mind, it'll work.

We applied the glue to the base ledge of the smaller globe and then slipped it into the "head". The 3.5 was, shall we say, roomy...but worked. I think the 3 1/4 would have been a better fit, but no big deal. We then bungy-d the ear to the head to allow it to dry.

So, apparently THIS is the hardest thing in the WORLD to find. Especially if you a) have no idea what it's called b) have no idea what it's ACTUALLY used for and c) are at Home Depot and dealing with idiots.

SO! We went to Lowe's armed with a photo on my phone and......still no luck. (Really?!)

Well, that brought the whole project to a GIANT stand still. Until Sunday, when Jon woke up muttering to himself. Turns out he'd realized where he'd seen this stuff before - soooooo back off to Lowe's we go. For future reference, "this stuff" is PVC pipe strapping. And once we knew what it was, we had no trouble finding it!

Yeah. Sorry. I may have faded in and out on this one as I was a bit bored because it involved neither a) power tools or b) anything Mickey shaped. So I enjoyed a glass of Shiraz while Jon muttered some more, stripped some wires, plugged in some small bulbs and one big bulb (the strapping is to hold the small bulbs in place in the "ears") and then.....